srvcomment disappeared from Registry

[Guest Holger]

There was a registry entry in good old windows where the network

comment was readable in the registry:

 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\

SYSTEM\

CurrentControlSet\

Services\

LanmanServer\

Parameters\

srvcomment

 

Now this entry has been removed from the registry - at least it seems

so. Do I really have to use other network api functions to retrieve

this information? I would like to stick to the capabilities of our

inventory solution which means registry retrieval.

 

Best regards,

Holger

[Guest Holger]

Re: srvcomment disappeared from Registry

 

On Windows 2003 Server R2 x64 the value given in "control panel" >

system > "computer name" > "computer description" seems to be stored

in two locations. One resides somewhere (used by the network config)

and one resides in the registry. The McAfee Access Protection prevents

that the value will be written to the location in the registry.

Therefore it is possible that you end up in an inconsistent state

where the value can not be retrieved from the registry BUT it is

working from the network perspective as expected.

 

Best regards,

Holger